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Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/oḱtṓw

This Proto-Indo-European entry contains reconstructed words and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Indo-European

Etymology

Formally the dual of a stem *(H)oḱto- (“four fingers”). This erstwhile singular seems to appear in Avestan 𐬀𐬱𐬙𐬌‎ (ašti-, “breadth of four fingers”).

Numeral
cardinal number
8 Previous: *septḿ̥
Next: *h₁néwn̥

*oḱtṓw or *h₁oḱtṓw

  1. eight

Descendants
  • Proto-Albanian: *aktōti
  • Anatolian:
    • Lycian: 𐊀𐊆𐊗𐊙𐊗𐊀 (aitãta)
  • Armenian:
  • Balto-Slavic: *aśtō-
    • Latvian: astoņi
    • Lithuanian: aštuoni
    • Latgalian: ostoni
    • Old Prussian: astōnjai
    • Slavic: *osmь (see there for further descendants)
  • Celtic: *oxtū
  • Germanic: *ahtōu (see there for further descendants)
  • Hellenic: *oktṓ
  • Indo-Iranian: *aštā́
    • Indo-Aryan: *aṣṭā́
      • Sanskrit: अष्ट (aṣṭá) (see there for further descendants)
    • Iranian: *aštā́
      • Avestan: 𐬀𐬱𐬙𐬀‎ (ašta)
      • Bactrian: αταο (atao)
      • Sogdian: [script needed] əšt(a)
      • Chorasmian: [script needed] (ʾšt /āšt/)
      • Balochi: hašt‎
      • Kurdish: heşt
      • Zazaki: heşt
      • Ossetian: аст (ast)
      • Pashto: اته‎ (atə)
      • Parachi: ōšt
      • Parthian: 𐭇𐭔𐭕‎ (hašt)
      • Middle Persian: 𐭧𐭱𐭲‎ (hašt)
      • Shughni: в̌āх̌т (wāx̌t)
      • Yaghnobi: ашт (ašt)
  • Italic: *oktō
  • Tocharian: *óktä
  • → Kartvelian: *otxo-
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